SlowpokeBlog

I decided to avoid election coverage last night by baking cookies. Just as the second batch was going in the oven, I heard Webb had surged ahead of Allen. Suffice it to say, I became so glued to my computer that the cookies burned. Webb better pull this off, or those cookies will have been sacrificed for naught.

Things are looking pretty good in VA right now, but as Josh Marshall warns over at Talking Points Memo, Karl Rove may well have creative plans for the recount. You can almost hear the GOP lawyers sniffing around the state like bloodhounds at this very moment, looking for any molehill they can turn into a mountain, or simply a context in which a mountain can be invented. Josh links to this Atlantic Monthly article which provides some insight into Rove's techniques in dealing with recounts. I can't imagine he'd let the Senate go without trying every nasty trick in the book. Of course, considering the fact that the Allen camp is already under FBI investigation for voter intimidation, they're hardly in a position to whine about the election.

We might not be facing a recount at all were it not for Glenda Parker, who ran as an independent Green party candidate unaffiliated with the national Green party, attracting more than 1% of the vote. She reportedly considered withdrawing before the election, then changed her mind. To all reality-based Americans, I issue a plea for the future in the immortal words of Bryan Ferry: Let's stick together.

And speaking of reality, I must say it's nice to see it can still rear its head through the wall o' BS on occasion.